Sunday, June 24, 2007

LES GORGES D'ARDÈCHE

ON THE WAY TO PROVENCE - MAY 2005

The Gorges de l'Ardèche’s area is one of the richest natural sites in Europe, as it groups together natural sights, beautiful landscapes, prehistoric art, cultural traditions and wonderful museums. The famous panoramic road of the «Gorges de l'Ardèche», on the northern side of the River Ardèche and with thirty two kilometres linking Vallon-Pont-d'Arc and St. Martin d'Ardèche, proposes an important quantity of places to see, with the spectacular gorges as the highlight!

"BEACH - The fluvial beach at Pont d'Arc in the Ardèche countryside provides the chance for a nice contrast between travellers and swimmers..."

"PONT D'ARC is a great natural bridge, carved out by the Ardèche River, with a width of sixty meters and a height of more than thirty"

"BELVEDERES - The limestone cliffs and the covering forests of the Gorges de l'Ardèche were granted nature reserve status in 1980. They result from geological changes that began 110 million years ago"

Thanks for making me revisit! Have been following the same road quite often, also on the way to or from Provence - much nicer than the "Autoroute du Sud" - if you have the time, of course! Even better if you can avoid July / August!

I like the first photo a lot! I find funny that you were dressed so dark and poeple around your were on summer clothes!What a lovely place! i have to tell you again and again that you're so lucky to know soooo many beautiful places!

Magnificent. I remember once getting stuck in an enormous traffic jam on one of the narrowest roads I've been on, high above cliffs like this. It was in southern France, somewhere south of Carcassonne, but can't remember exactly where off-hand. We got out of the entanglement eventually as cars spent more than an hour moving a centimetre back, a centimetre forward etc. I was surprised that a road like that was two-way!

Dsole,I also like that first one a lot…As far as travelling, you must start early and keep running…

Lara, KalyanThanks.

Z,I haven’t seen anyone on the Arc. I believe it may be too hard to get up there…

Sally,We were lucky enough to be there in May and on the afternoon of a day that started raining; so there was not much traffic. The road between Vallon-Pont d’Arc and St. Martin d’Ardèche is not so narrow, anyhow!

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